On the eve of the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures, we invite you to participate in the webinar “Tree Plantations, Carbon Markets and Resistances”. It will be on Friday 20th September.
The Green Economy
The Green Economy is a tactic used to “clean up” the image of corporations rather than address corporate capture and capitalism as the true drivers of deforestation. False solutions promoted under the Green Economy include certification, sustainable forest management, ecosystem services, REDD+, the bioeconomy, nature-based climate solutions, and zero net deforestation. Rather than stopping it, these “solutions” support corporate-driven destruction that is causing a deep social and ecological crisis.
Bulletin articles
28 September 2026
From Gorontalo to the Merauke region, the pattern followed by ‘energy transition’ projects is the same: the sacrifice of land and conflict with communities. So-called ‘green energy’ relies on monocultures that are destroying vast tracts of forest. All this solely to benefit an economic elite who profit from the ‘climate’ discourse.
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28 September 2026
In August 2026, the 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum brought together more than 2,500 representatives from Indigenous Peoples and communities from the Amazon Basin in Puyuk, Ecuador.
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28 September 2026
At the end of the gathering, participants issued a statement warning about the intensification of extractivism, the commodification of nature, and the violation of human and environmental rights. They also warn about the lack of consultation with Indigenous Peoples
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28 September 2026
The Italian energy corporation Eni is planning to develop 150,000 hectares in the Congo for the production of vegetable oil-based biofuels to supply the transport sector in Europe.
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28 September 2026
The "Our Land, Our Nature" conference in Nairobi, Kenya brought together 60 representatives of Indigenous Peoples from different continents to share experiences with conservation initiatives.
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20 July 2026
WRM is launching a new booklet for communities and activists to alert on the threats that carbon projects pose to their territories and to their ways of life. The booklet presents a collection of eleven alerts that illustrate why these projects create conflicts and jeopardise peoples’ food sovereignty and autonomy. It also highlights the actions taken by communities to stop the expansion of these projects.
Bulletin articles
8 July 2026
Forest-dependent Peoples in many countries are facing the destruction of their territories in the name of 'clean energy' and the 'energy transition'. These Peoples also continue to face devastation caused by the production of today's main source of energy: fossil fuels. This reality shows that 'clean energy' and the 'energy transition' only exist on paper.
Bulletin articles
8 July 2026
What is being promoted globally as ‘clean energy’ is revealing expanding frontiers of mineral extraction shaped by conflict and cross-border tensions. In the Mekong and Salween basins, mining activities are destroying forests and polluting rivers and watersheds, particularly in Myanmar, one of the world’s most important exporters of heavy ‘rare earth’ minerals.
Bulletin articles
8 July 2026
In a climate of repression, the Ecuadorian government is racing against the clock to begin construction on the largest hydropower dam in the country. This project could devastate dozens of Shuar communities and submerge a vast area of ancestral territory in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Bulletin articles
8 July 2026
Decades of industrial energy production have destroyed vast areas of forest in Southeast Asia. The ‘energy transition’ trend is triggering a new wave of activities that lead to more deforestation in the region. Forest conservation programs, meanwhile, put the blame for deforestation on forest-dependent communities.
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8 July 2026
The government of Brazil plans to increase gas production in the coming years and invest billions of dollars in infrastructure for the sector. Among the planned projects is a gas pipeline that could cross hundreds of kilometers of the Amazon rainforest, boosting predatory industrial activities and impacting communities.